you don’t sleep much for yourself
but you sleep so well for me
your weight
and breath
and scent
are safe round here
your sleep is sound round here
there needn’t be a sound here
but a famished sigh
and a laugh that sates all hunger
sleep, sleep for me
and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe
you don’t sleep much for yourself
but here you can rest
you can hide
you can sleep through the night
I’ll be right by your side
to draw the fever from all of your dreams
sleep,sleep for me
and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe
and pray to the sleepless saints
to keep vigil here with me
you don’t sleep much for yourself
but you sleep so well for me
I’ll keep myself between you and the dawn
and the rude light that calls you on
to a day that is just an ache in the bones of the sky
a day that’s just an ache in the skull of the night
sleep, sleep for me
and I’ll stay awake to keep you safe, keep you safe through the cold, and the dark of the night
Vocals: haunted, and subversive. Guitars: splintered shrieks. Drum machine: grim, unrelenting nausea. Visceral noise, with a hook that gets stuck in in your throat. Just try spitting them out. Stranger Killings
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